Actually Goshen’s requirement that all students undertake “international education” (either on or off campus) predates by 14 years EMU’s program (requiring OFF-CAMPUS cross-cultural experiences).

As the editor of Crossroads and as an admirer of Goshen College, I tried to make this clear in the following footnote at the beginning of the article titled, “EMU Leads Way in Requiring Cross-Cultural Education.”

Here is the footnote:

“One of EMU’s sister institutions, Goshen College in Indiana, has an excellent study-service term in foreign locales that began in 1968, making it one of the earliest college-sponsored study-abroad programs in the United States. About 80 percent of Goshen’s students partake of the opportunity to spend 13 weeks with faculty members in places such as Cambodia, China, Egypt, Nicaragua, Peru, Senegal and Tanzania.”

I wish I had added that the 20 percent of Goshen’s students who do not study abroad ARE required to take classes pertaining to cross-cultural matters and international understanding. My apologies for not giving Goshen “credit where MUCH credit is due”!